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Jón Arason

1484 - 1550

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Jón Arason (1484 – November 7, 1550) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet, who was executed in his struggle against the Reformation in Iceland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Arason is the 2,137th most popular writer (down from 1,946th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among writers, Jón Arason ranks 2,137 out of 7,302. Before him are Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, Carl Zuckmayer, Cangrande I della Scala, and Inger Christensen. After him are Joan Didion, Lu Ji, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Elizabeth von Arnim, John Kennedy Toole, and Alberto Manguel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Jón Arason ranks 14. Before him are Matteo Bandello, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Pedro Mascarenhas, and Michele Sanmicheli. After him are Il Pordenone, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Estêvão Gomes, Franciabigio, and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch. Among people deceased in 1550, Jón Arason ranks 13. Before him are Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Sebald Beham, Tabinshwehti, Françoise d'Alençon, Pir Sultan Abdal, and Gian Giorgio Trissino. After him are Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Isabel Moctezuma, John Major, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Georg Pencz.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Arason ranks 25 out of 190. Before him are Friðrik Ólafsson (1935), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), and Magnús Scheving (1964). After him are Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Geir Haarde (1951), and Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Jón Arason ranks 7. Before him are Halldór Laxness (1902), Snorri Sturluson (1179), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), and Magnús Scheving (1964). After him are Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sæmundr fróði (1056), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214).

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